A log home is similar to a log cabin which is made up of logs. This term is generally used by builder to refer to a smaller and more rustic log house. Log houses are very common in areas like Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia because coniferous trees which are tall and straight and found in loads in these areas.
There are a large number of logs which are used for the construction of log houses. One, handcrafted- these logs are peeled but their remaining part is untouchedand unchanged from their original appearance. Two, Sawn logs- these logs are sawn to a standard width but are retained at their original height. Third, hewn logs- they are cut into oval, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular sections. Fourth, milled – they went through a manufacturing process that converts the timber into pieces of consistent size and appearance. These different types of logs have different levels of moisture content in them. All the logs have high amount of moisture when they are cut. In case of handcrafted logs moisture will leave the timber naturally and thus making the timber dry until it stabilizes with the environment. On drying, the timber shrinks and thus its diameter reduces. Only a few selected timber logs are milled after checking the quality of the timber logs.
There are several types of milled logs. Green logs is a kind of milled log in which the logs are cut from the butt forest and are then brought to a mill or construction yard where their bark is removed and then is used to construct log home. Next is Air-dried logs in which the log companies cut the freshly cut logs and keep them outside in the open air to be get dried naturally. Kiln Dried logs is another kind of logs in which the freshly cut logs are kept inside a large oven where they are dried at a very fast rate or moisture is removed from the timber logs very quickly.
Log Homes Lake Tahoe is famous for offering log homes to customers at an affordable price. It also offers timber and log products. This log home is independent, Utah, Nevada and California log home dealers services both international as well as sales for log home products. Building a craftsman style timber and log homes is their main business. Log home Builders Lake Tahoe makes beautiful log homes. They offer complete turn-key construction and most importantly they use only licensed contractor.
